October 21, 2009 – 7:04 am
While there have been some recent updates to the wiki devoted to journal turn-around times and experiences, it’s been largely neglected of late.
I thought a plug on scatterplot might reinvigorate it. Certainly some of our readers have had good, bad, or ugly experiences with a journal or two – particularly post-summer.
Given the depressing “What is your school doing?” post, I thought this would be a good place to get the word out. There will be at least one job in the employment bulletin job bank this fall. We’ve got a tenure-track, open rank, faculty position that we’ll be hiring for.
The catch?
(at least for people like me).
Like most of you, I’m sure, I write a fair number of recommendation letters for students. The vast majority are for internal programs (usually study abroad) because such things abound at this university. However, I still write a number of letters for fellowships, summer programs, graduate schools, and so forth.
Never ever have I been asked [...]
h/t: a struggling student of mine
January 9, 2009 – 1:43 pm
Because inclement weather is a given around these parts during the winter, I’m having to switch up the first day of my social inequality class a bit. Because I’ve found scatterbrains so helpful with course related questions before, I thought it would be a good idea to pose this one here as well.
December 8, 2008 – 10:49 am
Years ago I read an article (or at least I think that I did) on research showing that individuals who had applied for acceptance at Harvard and Yale, but were denied admission and later earned their degrees from state schools, ended up making more than those who were accepted and actually graduated from those Ivy [...]
September 22, 2008 – 11:16 am
I was looking for the Journal of Applied Psychology’s article that sparked the media frenzy today over the link between gender role orientations and salary when I noticed this slight difference between the BBC and many of the other news sources:
September 4, 2008 – 2:42 pm
In case you’re not seeing a pattern, or the irony, there’s a close-up…
August 18, 2008 – 9:41 am
A friend directed me to this blog the other day. It’s a great place to take a fluff-break.
Not that my taste is universal, but I adore the author’s commentary. Of course, sometimes she shares the stage and it’s just as good. Like here, where I laughed until I cried (appropriately, it appears, as that’s the [...]
August 13, 2008 – 11:14 am
I had an appointment to get my teeth cleaned this morning. Imagine my surprise when after checking in and updating my paperwork the receptionist handed me a $10 gas card “to thank me for showing up for my appointment today.” Apparently people are so scared of going to the dentist, the office is offering incentives [...]
In my recent cross country trip with Omar there wasn’t one place – hotel or home – that we stayed without free wifi (including the “rustic a-frames” in middle of nowhere, Canada). I felt totally spoiled and bummed to think that on my next trip to the ASA meetings, at a much more posh hotel [...]
A heart attack at 58.
If it weren’t for Tim Russert and watching Meet the Press every weekend in college, I don’t know if I’d have made it through some of my courses. I was looking forward to watching him on the campaign trail this year and feel a little like an old friend died.
I have been going through hell for the last 24 hours trying to prove that I am the same person who registered baedyn.com nine years ago – even though my last name and address have changed.
Tell me, who else would register baedyn.com? Who on earth would want to steal it from it’s original owner? You [...]
(and to be informed).
Here’s a site that would workas a nice teaching resource (or for your own entertainment): http://freedocumentaries.org
